The Ratnagiri Hindu Sabha was established with the object of "organising and consolidating the

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s into an organic whole with a view to enabling them to resist effectively any unjust aggression, and protecting their cultural,

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and

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". The Sabha reconverted many persons to the Hindu faith; its mixed caste schools reduced the number of converts from the American Mission School. The programme of reconversion was opposed by Christians, Muslim missionaries, and the orthodox Hindus. Describing its formation, Keer writes that it was "established ostensibly through the influence and attempts of

Babarao Savarkar Ganesh Dāmodar Sāvarkar (13 June 1879 – 16 March 1945), also called Babarao Savarkar, was an Indian politician, activist, nationalist, and founder of the Abhinav Bharat Society. Ganesh was the eldest of the Savarkar brothers, Ganesh, ...

, but, in fact, inspired by

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (), Marathi pronunciation: �inaːjək saːʋəɾkəɾ also commonly known as Veer Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966), was an Indian politician, activist, and writer. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationali ...

himself". Keer dates the establishment at two weeks after the internment of Savarkar in Ratnagiri on January 6, 1924.

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